Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation has announced that it will unveil its Roewe 750 hybrid car at the end of 2010. The 1.8L new energy car has a fuel-saving factor of around 20% and is scheduled to hit the market later this year. The Roewe 750 is powered by a lithium-ion battery. In addition, SAIC's Roewe […]
SAIC Invests CNY6 Billion In R&D On New Energy Vehicles
05 November 2009
Hu Maoyuan, the president of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, has disclosed to local media that SAIC Group will invest CNY6 billion over the next two years for research and development on new energy vehicles.
At the China Clean Energy International Summit, Hu said that CNY2 billion of the CNY6 billion investment, will be used to set […]
SAIC Group To Invest CNY12 Billion On New Energy Vehicles
08 July 2009
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group says it will invest more than CNY12 billion to develop new energy vehicles and actively progress the industrialization of the key components of new energy automobiles.
Li Jirong, the vice president of SAIC Group, has disclosed to the Chinese media that the company will adjust its product structure and mainly focus […]
Chinese Mainland New-energy Vehicle Goes Into Taiwan
24 June 2009
Beijing-based Foton Automobile Company has signed a sales contract with Taiwan Chengyun Automobile Company to provide 75 Euro V hybrid buses.
This is said to be the first time that an automobile manufacturer from mainland China has sold new-energy vehicles to Taiwan.
In January 2008, Foton delivered 30 Euro V hybrid buses to Guangzhou No. 1 Bus […]
China's BYD To Show U.S. Investors Green Car
22 April 2009
In a prelude to tapping into the North American market, the Chinese battery manufacturer and automaker BYD is to display its electric cars at the annual shareholders' meeting of U.S. conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway in May.
BYD was invited to attend by the U.S. billionaire investor Warrent Buffett, who made an investment in the Chinese company in […]
Phase II Of Foton's Energy Bus Project Complete
05 September 2008
Phase II of Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd.'s new energy bus project has been now finished and put into production with an investment of CNY230 million.